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Comelec to implement anti-dynasty rule in 2018 SK polls

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<p>MANILA - The Commission on Elections on Tuesday said it is implementing the anti-dynasty provision in the Sangguniang Kabataan elections for the first time in the upcoming polls. </p><p>In 2016, then-President Benigno Aquino III signed into law the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2015 that includes an anti-dynasty provision.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1435812" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;They (SK candidates) will file their certificates of candidacy, and there is a declaration that they are not related up to the second civil degree to any incumbent, elected government official,&quot; Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a declaration under oath so if they&#x27;re found out they can be disqualified and they&#x27;ll have problems with the fact that they lied under oath,&quot; Jimenez said.</p><p>The Comelec will also be on the lookout for &quot;violence&quot; and &quot;vote buying&quot; during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections which will be done through manual voting, Jimenez said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1435815" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;The teachers will be doing the counting again which means that a lot of the pressure will be focused on them. That&#x27;s where the violence might happen,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;Some teachers might be subjected to pressure to read a certain way or to tally a certain way,&quot; he added.</p><p>Jimenez said Comelec officials and poll watchers will also police offenders who try to exert &quot;undue influence&quot; over voters.</p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re looking out for people watching or whispering through windows. In some cases, you&#x27;ll see folded pieces of paper money flying through the air, flicked to people who are sitting, writing down in their ballots,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>The Commission on Elections on Tuesday said it is implementing the anti-dynasty provision in the Sangguniang Kabataan elections for the first time in the upcoming polls. </p>

The Commission on Elections on Tuesday said it is implementing the anti-dynasty provision in the Sangguniang Kabataan elections for the first time in the upcoming polls.